Adjustable fire screen



July '28, 1925.

A; D. CLOUGH ET AL ADJUSTABLE FIRE SCREEN Filed .June '27. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheetl July 28,- 1925.

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Patented July 28, 1925.

ARTHUR D. CLOUGH, OF SIERRA Minimum) seems zaosnrr, or Los AnqELEs, CALI 1,547,85 PATENT .o r 7.1 c.E

EQR-NIA, Assrcn ons ros. B.HBE I JJ-& 00., or 1.0; "An'e ninnsji oanrronltm; A. conrenam s or'eatzron jnt P U'SFI FF 3 9331 App1ication filed Tune 27, 1924. Serial No. 222,693.

T all whom it mat concern:

"Be it known tna't'we, ARTHUR 1D.,CLoUeH and STEFAN ZAOSEK 'CltlZBDS of theUnited States, residing at Sierra Madre' andLos Angeles, respectively, in'th'e county of Los Angeles and State 4 of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ad justable Fire Screens, ofwhich the following isa'specification. i

This invention relates to firescreens and consists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed. 1

An object is to make a fire screen for mantelfire places which maybe easily han- 15 dled, easily set up and taken down,""and which will be e fiective and 'satisfactoryi in operation or use. I Another ,objectis to make a fire screen adapted to form aclosur'e around the open 20 front of a fire place anda'dapted to be adjusted to and from the -firewithout'losing the closure efiect, and the scre'enhav'ing a removable central panel. Other objects and'advantages will ppear 25 from the drawings and specification" The drawings illustrate theconstruction and operation of a 'fire screen embodying the principles 'o'four invention; i

Figure '1 is a perspective of the firescreen Fig. 2 is 'a. perspective of the firescreen. with the central panel removed. i

Fig. 3is'a' perspective'ofthe central panel of the fire screen.

F ig. i isa fragmentary edge view,looking in the direction indicated'by the arrow Fig. 5 is a perspective of a modified. form of the fire screen shownfin Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 isa'top "pla'n view of the fire screen and a horizontal section of the fire place, the view being taken looking in the direction indicated by the arrow 6 in Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a plan of the base shown in Figs. 45 5 and 6.

Fig. 8 is a perspective of the centralpanel fitting upon the baseshown in Fig. 7. I

Fig. 9 is a perspective of one of the end panels fitting upon the base shown in Fig. 7 and as shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

The details of construction and operation shown in the drawings are as follows:

The andirons 1 and 2 have rear legs 3, horizontal supporting bars 4, and front legs 5 and 6. The' fire place recess 7 is of considerable sizeand the andirons are setwith 13116.16211 legsx3uiear the back wall and'the front legs 5 'and'6 in planes substantially parallel with the back wall. Theend'screens 8 and 9-have horizontal lower ends 10 and ll'a'dap'ted to'fitfla-t'upon thefloor 12 and against the'fa'ce 13 of the wall. Vertical bearings 1tand'15 are formed orbuilt against the rear side of the inner vertical frame bar 16 and similanvertical bearlngs 1-7 and 18 extend backwardly from the inner vertical Trainebar '19 "of the screen 9. An upper spacing bar 20 has-downturned pintles at its ends and the pintlesfit in the bearings Hand 17. A lower spacing bar'2l has .downturned pintles at its ends and the pintles fit in the -bearingsand 18; :The screens 8 and 9 are adapted to swing upon the pintles'of the bars and'21so as toadjust the ba-rs"20"and .21-towards or" away from :the-planeroftthe wall 13. i

The removable panel 22' is a rectangular frame having upper and" lower bars 23 and 24, side bars 25 and 26, and extension frames 27', 28 and '29eXtendingf downwardly :from the lower bar 2 1 with spaces 301and31to receive "thesupporting bars 4. .I-Iooks 32 and 33 extend backwardly and downwardly from the bar25and' 'similar hopks 34 and 35 extend backwardly"and-downwardly fromv the bar 26. Handles 36and 37 extendupwardly; from the upper corners ofthe frame so that the handles 36 and 37 maybe grasped and the panel 22 raised and'lplacedv inpositionwith the side. bars 25 and 26 engaging the side bars 16 'alld l9EIIld thB1hOO kS 32, 33, 3423131135 engaging the spacing bars 20 and The screen thus constructed is adjustable by moving thepanel 22 to or from the plane of the wall 13 and swinging the screens 8 and 9 outwardly or inwardly along the face of the wall. The screens 38. 39 and 40 and the screen extension frames 27 28 and 29 may be any desired form or quality of Woven wire and may be ornamented as desired to make a good appearance. 'To have access to'the fire it is only necessary to grasp the handles 36 and 37, raise the hooks from the bars 20 and 21 and move the panel 22 laterally or entirely out of the way to apply the fuel and fix the fire. I The details of the modified constructio 72 and 73 at their lower ends.

shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are as follows:

The fire place 50 has a back wall 51, a floor 52 on a-level with the floor 53 of the room, and side walls 54 and 55, and the wall faces 56 and 57 extend laterally from the front of the fire place.

A base 58 is formed of flat sheet metal adapted to lay upon the floor 52 and 53 and has a straight central portion 59 and end portions 60 and 61 extending from the ends of the portion 59 at angles of about 30. Channel shaped sockets 62 and 63 are fixed to the ends of the intermediate portion 59 and extend upwardly a short distance with the channels facing each other. Similar channel sockets 64- 'and 65 are fixed to and extend upwardly from the end portion 60, and a third pair of channel sockets 66 and 67 are fixed to and extend upwardly from the portion 61.

he end screens 68 and 69 have pintles 70 and 71 extending upwardly from their upper inner corners and have supporting bars Each supporting bar consists of a channel shaped socket 74 at its center and adapted to re 'ceive tightly a lower end bar 75"of the screen and feet 76 and 77 extending outwardly a considerable distance and engaging the floor attheir outer ends so as to brace the screen and hold it upright. The sockets 7a are sufficiently elevated to pass over the base 58 with. the feet 76 and 77 resting upon the floor and the ends of the bars 7 5 engaging in the sockets 6% and 65 and'66 and 67.

The central screen panel 78 is a rectangular frame having slots 7 9 and 80 extending upwardly from its lower edge to receive the andiron supporting bars 81 and 82. The lower corners of the frame of the panel fit in the sockets 62 and 63. Arms 81 and 82 extend from the upper corners of the panel and have pairs of prongs 83 and 84 extending downwardly from their outer ends to straddle the upper ends of the screens 68 and 69, there being pintle openings 85 and 86 between the prongs 88 and between the prongs 84 to receive the pintles 70 and 71. Handles 87 and 88- extend upwardly from the corners of the panel so that by grasping the handles 87 and 88 the central panel may le elevated and removed to attend to the The outer corners 89 and 90 of the base 58 are cut away toform runners or guides to engage loosely between the faces 54 and 55 of the fire place so that the screen may be moved bodily backwardly or forwardly to adjust the screen relative to the fire place.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

We claim 1 1. A fire screen having end screens, means for holding the end screens upright, and a central panel fitting between the end screens and adapted to be removed.

2. A fire screen having end screens, means for holding the end screens upright and a central panel fitting between the end screens,

having upwardly extending recesses formed therein, adapted to extend over the horizontal bars of andirons and adapted to be removed.

8. A fire screen comprising end screens, a pair of bars connecting said end screens and a removable panel having upwardly extending recesses formed therein, adapted to extend over the horizontal bars of andirons and rest on the floor.

4. A fire screen adapted to form a closure around the open front of a fire place, comprising end screens, horizontal bars pivotally connecting said end screens and a removable panel having hooks adapted to en gage said pair of horizontal bars.

5. A fire screen adapted to form a closure around theopen front of a fire place, comprising end screens, horizontal bars pivotally connectingsaid end screens and a removable panel having hooks adapted to en gage said pair of horizontal bars, and having upwardly extending recesses formed therein adapted to extend over the horizontal bars of andirons.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification.

ARTHUR D. GLOUGH. STEFAN ZACSEK. 

